Labor Unions Quotes
24 quotes by 24 authors
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Equality is the heart and essence of democracy, freedom, and justice, equality of opportunity in industry, in labor unions, schools and colleges, government, politics, and…
— A. Philip Randolph
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We will have bigger bureaucracies, bigger labor unions, and bigger state-run corporations. It will be harder to be an entrepreneur because of punitive taxes and…
— Arthur C. Brooks
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Tariffs, government contracts, naval and military spending, nationalized industries, tax policy, social welfare, the legal privileging of labor unions were among the means at the…
— Ralph Raico
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The conservative goal has been the Third Worldization of the United States: an increasingly underemployed, lower-wage work-force; a small but growing moneyed class that pays…
— Michael Parenti
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The fight against Germany has now been waged for months by every Jewish community, on every conference, in all labor unions and by every single…
— Ze'ev Jabotinsky
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The biggest myth about labor unions is that unions are for the workers. Unions are for unions, just as corporations are for corporations and politicians…
— Thomas Sowell
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Our labor unions are not narrow, self-seeking groups. They have raised wages, shortened hours, and provided supplemental benefits. Through collective bargaining and grievance procedures, they…
— John F. Kennedy
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I think when everything is finally considered, I'll have a lot of support -- strong support -- not only from labor unions but from working…
— Dick Gephardt
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From the moment the organizer enters a community he lives, dreams... only one thing and that is to build the mass power base of what…
— Saul Alinsky
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Labor unions should study and read the Bible instead of asking for more money. When people get right with God, they are better workers.
— Jerry Falwell
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Markets are interested in profits and profits only; service, quality, and general affluence are different functions altogether. The universal, democratic prosperity that Americans now look…
— Thomas Frank
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It's incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environment.
— Bonnie Raitt
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I've always had a very positive relationship with the municipal labor unions - a respectful relationship.
— Bill de Blasio
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It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Labor #‎ Unions are the leading force for #‎ democratization and #‎ progress .
— Noam Chomsky
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You've been telling us about how to secure peace, but come on, now, General-just among us Rotarians and Rotary Anns-'fess up! With your great experience,…
— Sinclair Lewis
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It is probably true that business corrupts everything it touches. It corrupts politics, sports, literature, art, labor unions and so on. But business also corrupts…
— Eric Hoffer
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There's an ethic that says: 'You don't run off to the church for the sacraments of salvation, you establish a personal relationship with God. You…
— John Shelton Reed
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I'm a lobbyist and had a career lobbying. The guy who gets elected or the lady who gets elected president of the United States will…
— Haley Barbour
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Business leaders, labor unions, governors, mayors, congressmen and presidents have all complained about a lack of funding for years, but aside from a one-time cash…
— Steve Kroft
Who Wrote These Labor Unions Quotes
24 authors contributed a total of 24 Labor Unions Quotes as follows: